Shadow On the Hill: The True Story of a 1925 Kansas Murder. Diana Staresinic-Deane

Shadow On the Hill: The True Story of a 1925 Kansas Murder - Diana Staresinic-Deane

It was the most brutal murder in the history of Coffey County, Kansas.<br><br>On May 30, 1925, Florence Knoblock, a farmer&#39;s wife and the mother of a young boy, was found slaughtered on her kitchen floor. Several innocent men were taken into custody before the victim&#39;s husband, John, was accused of the crime. He would endure two sensational trials before being acquitted.<br><br>Eighty years later, local historian Diana Staresinic-Deane studied the investigation, which was doomed by destroyed evidence, inexperienced lawmen, disappearing witnesses, and a community more desperate for an arrest than justice. She would also discover a witness who may have seen the murderer that fateful morning.